Who was the woman in Into Thin Air?

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"Sandy Pittman was(still is?) married to Bob Pittman at the time. I also saw the TV movie but don't remember the identity of this woman was revealed even
obliquely. Any ideas?"

My idea:
Sandy and her husband were separated: her husband was divorcing her to marry David Brashears so-to-be ex-wife. (So you can see why it would be easy for David to support Sandy.)

On this expedition, Sandy had a much-younger friend from a Lobuche climb, visit her in her tent. Charlotte Fox and Tim Madsen were "together" at the time.

Since Lobsang wanted Scott to speak to a "she" on HIS team: the most likely is Hill-Pittman, rather than the "couple" of Fox/Madsen.

Just my 2 cents.

[naj]

I have a question of total irrelevance. Maybe someone can help. This is a
question for those who know something about Scott Fischer's ill-fated 1996
Everest expedition. In Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air, p. 127, he tells of
the Sherpas' superstition in blaming bad weather on Everest on the illicit
"sause-making" between a female member on Fischer's team and another member of
an expedition attempting Lhotse. At the bottom of page 127 he goes on to say,
"Sandy Pittman had noted this superstition in her diary..." Now the quesiton
is who was this female? It looks like Krakauer was not referring to Sandy
Pittman, although at times he was trying to villify her and the mention of
Pittman on the same page might have been a deliberate attempt to confuse the
readers. There were five female members: Sandy Hill Pittman(who was
married), Dr. Ingrid Hunt, Charlotte Fox, Lene Gammelgaard, and Jane Bromet.
Who was this female that defiled the peaks of Sagarmatha or Chomalungma?
I asked this same question on Backpacker's Basecamp website and some said that
this mystery woman was Sandy Pittman whose boyfriend came to camp II, but Sandy
Pittman was(still is?) married to Bob Pittman at the time. I also saw the TV
movie but don't remember the identity of this woman was revealed even
obliquely. Any ideas?

In Lene Gammelgaard's account of the 1996 expedition she mentions a man taking up with Sandy Hill who is from another expedition team and it discusses the tent arrangements at camp 2. It was Sandy they are talking about. On the other hand I would like to offer some thoughts on Sandy. I, too, read Into Thin Air and found it easy to place some blame on her. After reading other accounts of the incident I think that press probably wasn't justified. She has successfully climbed the 7 summits - she has to have some skill, stamina and experience in order to accomplish that. Personalities aside Scott Fischer chose a very skilled and a strong team for his expedition. And the people who were descending had no idea the trouble they left behind them.

[sgt23]

I have a question of total irrelevance. Maybe someone can help. This is a
question for those who know something about Scott Fischer's ill-fated 1996
Everest expedition. In Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air, p. 127, he tells of
the Sherpas' superstition in blaming bad weather on Everest on the illicit
"sause-making" between a female member on Fischer's team and another member of
an expedition attempting Lhotse. At the bottom of page 127 he goes on to say,
"Sandy Pittman had noted this superstition in her diary..." Now the quesiton
is who was this female? It looks like Krakauer was not referring to Sandy
Pittman, although at times he was trying to villify her and the mention of
Pittman on the same page might have been a deliberate attempt to confuse the
readers. There were five female members: Sandy Hill Pittman(who was
married), Dr. Ingrid Hunt, Charlotte Fox, Lene Gammelgaard, and Jane Bromet.
Who was this female that defiled the peaks of Sagarmatha or Chomalungma?
I asked this same question on Backpacker's Basecamp website and some said that
this mystery woman was Sandy Pittman whose boyfriend came to camp II, but Sandy
Pittman was(still is?) married to Bob Pittman at the time. I also saw the TV
movie but don't remember the identity of this woman was revealed even
obliquely. Any ideas?

interesting.

[Chick Tower]

Post by sgt23

....

interesting.

I've been waiting over seventeen years to find out what your thoughts
are on this, and all you've got to say is "Interesting"?!?

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It was Sanda n im guessing lopsang (they said it was a guide)

[j***@worldline.ca]

I have a question of total irrelevance. Maybe someone can help. This is a
question for those who know something about Scott Fischer's ill-fated 1996
Everest expedition. In Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air, p. 127, he tells of
the Sherpas' superstition in blaming bad weather on Everest on the illicit
"sause-making" between a female member on Fischer's team and another member of
an expedition attempting Lhotse. At the bottom of page 127 he goes on to say,
"Sandy Pittman had noted this superstition in her diary..." Now the quesiton
is who was this female? It looks like Krakauer was not referring to Sandy
Pittman, although at times he was trying to villify her and the mention of
Pittman on the same page might have been a deliberate attempt to confuse the
readers. There were five female members: Sandy Hill Pittman(who was
married), Dr. Ingrid Hunt, Charlotte Fox, Lene Gammelgaard, and Jane Bromet.
Who was this female that defiled the peaks of Sagarmatha or Chomalungma?
I asked this same question on Backpacker's Basecamp website and some said that
this mystery woman was Sandy Pittman whose boyfriend came to camp II, but Sandy
Pittman was(still is?) married to Bob Pittman at the time. I also saw the TV
movie but don't remember the identity of this woman was revealed even
obliquely. Any ideas?

it was sandy pittman ..she was scrtewing a young skier at base camp

[Chick Tower]

On Tuesday, April 14, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Nospam1933 wrote:....
it was sandy pittman ..she was scrtewing a young skier at base camp

I sure hope the OP has been following r.b.c. these 18.5 years.

[d***@gmail.com]

I have a question of total irrelevance. Maybe someone can help. This is a
question for those who know something about Scott Fischer's ill-fated 1996
Everest expedition. In Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air, p. 127, he tells of
the Sherpas' superstition in blaming bad weather on Everest on the illicit
"sause-making" between a female member on Fischer's team and another member of
an expedition attempting Lhotse. At the bottom of page 127 he goes on to say,
"Sandy Pittman had noted this superstition in her diary..." Now the quesiton
is who was this female? It looks like Krakauer was not referring to Sandy
Pittman, although at times he was trying to villify her and the mention of
Pittman on the same page might have been a deliberate attempt to confuse the
readers. There were five female members: Sandy Hill Pittman(who was
married), Dr. Ingrid Hunt, Charlotte Fox, Lene Gammelgaard, and Jane Bromet.
Who was this female that defiled the peaks of Sagarmatha or Chomalungma?
I asked this same question on Backpacker's Basecamp website and some said that
this mystery woman was Sandy Pittman whose boyfriend came to camp II, but Sandy
Pittman was(still is?) married to Bob Pittman at the time. I also saw the TV
movie but don't remember the identity of this woman was revealed even
obliquely. Any ideas?

If anyone's still interested in this issue, Sandy Hill Pittman met snowboarder Stephen Koch at Everest in 1996, & they lived together in NYC afterward until 1997...is this the likely "jiggy-jiggy" adulterous couple that so distressed the Sherpas in 1996, mentioned in Krakauer's book?

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I have a different theory. There was a French female climber on the 1996 Lhotse expedition who was notorious for getting involved with fellow climbers. Chantal Mauduit. David Breashears wrote about some of her misadventures in his autobiography (as well as about her death). I suspect that she got involved with one of the men in Fischer's expedition.

[w***@gmail.com]

在 1998年4月14日星期二 UTC+8下午3:00:00，Nospam1933写道：

I have a question of total irrelevance. Maybe someone can help. This is a
question for those who know something about Scott Fischer's ill-fated 1996
Everest expedition. In Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air, p. 127, he tells of
the Sherpas' superstition in blaming bad weather on Everest on the illicit
"sause-making" between a female member on Fischer's team and another member of
an expedition attempting Lhotse. At the bottom of page 127 he goes on to say,
"Sandy Pittman had noted this superstition in her diary..." Now the quesiton
is who was this female? It looks like Krakauer was not referring to Sandy
Pittman, although at times he was trying to villify her and the mention of
Pittman on the same page might have been a deliberate attempt to confuse the
readers. There were five female members: Sandy Hill Pittman(who was
married), Dr. Ingrid Hunt, Charlotte Fox, Lene Gammelgaard, and Jane Bromet.
Who was this female that defiled the peaks of Sagarmatha or Chomalungma?
I asked this same question on Backpacker's Basecamp website and some said that
this mystery woman was Sandy Pittman whose boyfriend came to camp II, but Sandy
Pittman was(still is?) married to Bob Pittman at the time. I also saw the TV
movie but don't remember the identity of this woman was revealed even
obliquely. Any ideas?

Although Anatoli's book doesn't mention their "disgracing the mountain", he
also mentions that this couple was pretty close.

http://www.sanlibang.com

[d***@gmail.com]

I have a question of total irrelevance. Maybe someone can help. This is a
question for those who know something about Scott Fischer's ill-fated 1996
Everest expedition. In Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air, p. 127, he tells of
the Sherpas' superstition in blaming bad weather on Everest on the illicit
"sause-making" between a female member on Fischer's team and another member of
an expedition attempting Lhotse. At the bottom of page 127 he goes on to say,
"Sandy Pittman had noted this superstition in her diary..." Now the quesiton
is who was this female? It looks like Krakauer was not referring to Sandy
Pittman, although at times he was trying to villify her and the mention of
Pittman on the same page might have been a deliberate attempt to confuse the
readers. There were five female members: Sandy Hill Pittman(who was
married), Dr. Ingrid Hunt, Charlotte Fox, Lene Gammelgaard, and Jane Bromet.
Who was this female that defiled the peaks of Sagarmatha or Chomalungma?
I asked this same question on Backpacker's Basecamp website and some said that
this mystery woman was Sandy Pittman whose boyfriend came to camp II, but Sandy
Pittman was(still is?) married to Bob Pittman at the time. I also saw the TV
movie but don't remember the identity of this woman was revealed even
obliquely. Any ideas?

Sandy was screwing the snowboarder Steve Koch at base camp.